.JPG) NOAAS Murre II
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States Army | |
| Name | BSP-1915 |
| Builder | Maritime Shipyards, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington |
| Launched | 1943 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 14 May 1949 |
 United States Fish and Wildlife Service | |
| Name | US FWS Murre II |
| Namesake | USFS Murre, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries and Fish and Wildlife Service vessel in commission from 1917 to 1942 |
| Acquired | Transferred from United States Army 14 May 1949 |
| Homeport | Juneau, Alaska |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Name | NOAAS Murre II (FRV 63) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from United States Fish and Wildlife Service 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 1989 |
| Reclassified | From "fisheries research vessel" (FRV 63) to "research ship" (R 663) |
| Homeport | Juneau, Alaska |
| Fate | Sold 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fisheries research ship |
| Tonnage | 95 NT |
| Length | 86 ft (26 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draft | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin 115-hp (86-kw) Caterpillar diesel engines |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h) (average) |
| Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) |
NOAAS Murre II (R 663), previously NOAAS Murre II (FRV 63), was an American research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1970 to 1989. Prior to her NOAA career, she operated under the United States Department of the Interior′s Fish and Wildlife Service from 1949 to 1956 and under the United States Fish and Wildlife Service′s Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1956 to 1970 as US FWS Murre II.
The ship originally operated as a self-propelled barge, first as BSP-1915 for the United States Army during World War II and then for the Fish and Wildlife Service before undergoing conversion into a research ship in 1963.